sward

IPA(Pronunciation)

/swɔːd/

Noun

uncountable countable obsolete dialectal

(uncountable) Earth which grass has grown into the upper layer of; greensward, sod, turf; (countable) a portion of such earth. / (countable) An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.

Japanese Meaning

芝生が生い茂った地面、あるいはその上層部（芝土、ソッド、ターフとも呼ばれる） / 芝生が覆う広い土地、つまり芝生の庭、草地としての意味

What is this buttons?

She lay back on the sward and watched clouds drift across the summer sky.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼女は草地に仰向けになり、夏の空を流れる雲を眺めた。

Details

Sense（1）

His eyes he op'nd, and beheld a field, / Part arable and tilth, whereon were Sheaves / New reapt, the other part ſheep-walks and foulds; / Ith' midſt an Altar as the Land-mark ſtood / Ruſtic, of graſſie ſord; […]

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Details

Sense（2）

(countable) An expanse of land covered in grass; a lawn or meadow.

It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.

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